Judge tells DJ Dave Lee Travis he will face trial on sex charges next year

Radio DJ Dave Lee Travis will stand trial on sex charges in the new year, an Old Bailey judge ruled today.

The 68-year-old is charged under his real name of David Patrick Griffin and faces 11 indecent assault charges and one of sexual assault involving nine alleged victims.

He sat in the dock during a 20-minute hearing at the court and spoke only to answer to his name and confirm to Mr Justice Sweeney that he understood his bail conditions.

The judge ruled that Travis must enter a plea to the charges at another hearing in October and the trial was provisionally booked for March 4.

It might be brought forward to January and held at Southwark crown court but these decisions cannot be taken until later this year.

The charges span from 1977 to 2007 and the youngest of the nine alleged victims was 15. The DJ has denied any wrongdoing since he was first arrested at his home near Leighton Buzzard in November last year.

Travis is perhaps best known as the host of the Radio 1 breakfast show between 1978 and 1980. He resigned from the station while on air in 1993. Recently, he worked for the Magic network of radio stations but has not been on air during the investigation.